Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-26
LOCAL BREYITIES.

| smith, WIN disappeared last SATURDAY.
! lyman & O'Malley will give their regular
weekly social at Jacobs Hall this evening
4 Governor Bartlett was confined to hi.
room yesterday by an attack of kidney
complaint.
A special train of twentv-four carloads o
beef cattle came over the mountains from
Nevada last night. en- route to San Fran
cisco.
Domingo Gomez, who was arrested on
Monday, on suspicion of insanity. was ex.
amined by the Commissioners of Lunacy
yesterday and pronounced sane.
Commissions as Notaries Public have
been issued to the following J. L. Read
Middletown; w. j. Masterson, Lower
Lake; G. E. Marshall, Truckee; Jacob
Kuenzley, Tulare.
The case of Milton McWhorter, for man.
slaughter, and that of T. c. Casey, for bur-
glary. have been passed for the present in
the Superior Court owing to the blocking
of business by the Wiezel-klein case
The arrests made yesterday were those of
All Fag, by officers Mccormack and Yager,
for keeping an opium den; John Smith,
| by the same officers. for smoking opium ;
Jennie Rowe, by officer Farrell, for exhib.
iting.
A. G. Herrick will deliver another of his
series of historical illustrated lectures at
| Calvary Church this evening at o'clock,
when he will have for his subject, Athens
Greece, Constantinople, Moscow and st.
Petersburg"
The highest and lowest Signal Service
| temperature yesterday was $40 and $50,
with fresh to light northerly winds and
clear weather, with very light frost, ac-
companied by high and steady barometer
until last night, when it began falling.
R. B. Blowers, of Yolo county. who did
splendid service for this section of the State
at the Citrus Fair in Chicago, returned
home yesterday. He is as enthusiastic as
the other gentlemen who Were associated
with him in the management of the fair
in the belief that it was success and
productive Of much good to Central Cali
fornia. -
The examination OF John F. de Azavedo,
for the murder of Frank Lewis, was re-
sumed in Justice Williams Court, Wash
ington, yesterday afternoon and the testi-
mony of few witnesses taken. The ex-
| animation progresses slowly, owing to the
necessity of using an interpreter fire.
quently, and the witnesses for the people
have not all been on the stand yet.
few days ago for burglary, and who be-
came an object of interest to the Sacra-
mento police, who thought he might be
the individual that committed several
burglaries in this city recently, proves to
| have been operating in San Francisco when
the thefts were committed here, and conse-
quently the Sacramento officers must look
for another man.
Manager J. A. Hart, Of the Louisville
team, Indignantly denies the report that
his club sold last Sundays game at Ala
media to the California picked nine. He
asserts that his club has been weakened
greatly by the departure of several players
for the East, and four of those remaining
are not in good condition, while the Cali
fornia nine is made up of the best material
in this country.
The residents of Chinatown had Jolly
time yesterday, the third day of their new
gear festivities, and the air was full of
music from early morn till dewy eve."
1t was the big eat p" day, and the luxuries
of the season, including the dainties of
America and Asia, were enjoyed without
quets, and many - Melicans" were invited
| to seats around the festive board. They
found numerous conundrums among
the eatables, but as general thing were
not afraid to try and solve them.
Monday night James Murphy, who re-
| sides at 626 Q street, attended the entertain
| ment of the Caledonians. He returned
home about 10 o'clock, but Mrs. Murphy
| and daughter remained to enjoy the dane
| ing until about A. NJ. When they were
| almost home the ladies thought they saw a
| man Jump over the fence from their yard
into the street and soon disappear, and
| when they reached the house they found
| the front and back doors open. Nothing
was missing from the interior, however :;
not even Mr.. Murphy, who had been sound
asleep.
After the Police Court adjourned yester-
day there was not prisoner IN contine-
ment in the city prison-a condition of
affairs that had not existed for many. a
year previously. The steward of the estab-
| lishment, Herr Norton, wandered about
aimlessly, hoping that at least tramp
would put in an appearance so that dinner
| would not go entirely by default; and
Jailor Farren, light-hearted and joyful be-
cause of the weight of responsibility re-
| moved from his shoulders, treated himself
| TO little run around town, and accepted
an invitation to Chinese banquet.
New Metropolitan Theater.
The Abbott Grand Opera Company pre-
scented the comic opera The Mikado" last
night to full house and delighted audi
ence. 1t has never been given so well here
Carletons company costumed it magnifi-
Gently, but it did not sing it nearly SO well
| as the Abbott troupe. The work was thor
oughly well done last evening, and
with finish that is possible only
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course it was descent; of course
Emma Abbott demonstrated only her
versatility by the descent, her comedy
capacity and the fact that she has dramatic
qualities of a superior order. But when
she sang with exquisite grace " He Loves
| But Thee, "and The Last Rose of Summer
! in the midst of the piece, and the latter
with depth of feeling amounting to the
passionate, hushing the house in each case
| to breathless silence, broken al the last by
bursts of applause such as only enthused
audiences indulge in, the return TO the gal
| Looping and thin music of the "Mikado' was
almost offensive. Such violent contrasts are
more than harsh. The piece introduced
several people" not in :" II Trovatore
Bertni, charming actress and pleasing
contralio; Elvise Mortimer, mezzo So
prano of good support Deano, strong
| supporting baritone, and Walter Allen, who
| is a capital low comedian of rare good parts,
and won the warmest favor of the audi
ence. The first judgment of the chorus
must be amended; given an opportunity 1t
proves itself to be very much better, ard
| the twenty voices to be equal to the de-
mands made upon them, doing their work
smoothly and with spirit. Tomasi, the
musical director, has a limited but quite
well balanced and very willing band of in
strumentalists under him, and as result
the orchestration is effective and sympa-
thetic with the spirit of the director, whose
capacity and good judgment are patent.
From beginning to end last night every
leading member of the opera was encored,
and some of them over and over again
to the verge of trespass upon good nature.
The verdict of last evening. as on the first,
was that Miss Abbott has achieved brill
liant success, that she is a vocalist who is
a mistress in her art, soprano of dramatic
ability, and that her voice is pure in quail
ity. true in tone. of great fiexibility, adapted
to emotional expression. handled with con-
summate skill, and in the tenderer passages
especially, is OF rarest delicacy and sweet,
ness.
In Faust tonight she will be heard
for the last time and TO the best advantage
The opera. rich with lyric endowment, will
not afford her so great opportunity fol
dramatic effect as the others of her roper
tory huf IL demands q high grade OF